Author: Joseph M. Brennan Jr.

HAPPINESS TIP: OFFER FREELY TO OTHERS WHAT YOU MOST WANT NOW

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You can experience love, warmth, happiness, and any other feelings you might wish to experience right now by simply “verb-alizing” what you want – that is, turning what you want into an action. So, if you want love, then love. If you want appreciation, then appreciate. And if you want respect, then respect. You’ll be amazed at how much love, appreciation, and respect comes back to you when you do this. So, do this. And do it often.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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HAPPINESS TIP: EXAMINE AND ADJUST JUDGMENTS, ASSUMPTIONS, AND BELIEFS

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I would say two of the biggest issues between people are misperceptions and misinformation. People tend to make assumptions about what something meant or hold strongly onto beliefs or make judgments based on misinformation and are often way off the mark. These judgments, assumptions, and beliefs lead people to divide against each other and more often than not for no real (and probably even a stupid) reason. Let me tell you, it’s a lot of drama for nothing! If people communicated better and were more open, the faulty judgments and assumptions being made on each side would be glaringly obvious.

So, don’t do this to yourself or anyone else. Try not to make judgments and assumptions, but if you do, try to get clarification and make adjustments accordingly. Communicate more and try to be open. If you do you will often realize that what you thought was there, was not. Warmth, love, beauty, care, and concern might have been there all along but your judgments, assumptions, and beliefs prevented you from seeing them and led you to believe otherwise.

So, do yourself and everyone else a favor: communicate more, be more open, and don’t make judgments and assumptions. What a wonderful world we could all share if we each did our part in these regards.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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HAPPINESS TIP: BE WILLING TO SACRIFICE WHAT YOU WANT NOW FOR CREATING YOUR DESIRED FUTURE

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In order to achieve longstanding happiness and create the life you really, really want, you must be willing to sacrifice some of what you want now for creating your desired future. So many give into the pleasures of the moment that they cannot achieve consistent and sustained progress towards their future goals and dreams. Don’t do this to yourself. Get in the practice of making the small sacrifices needed all along the way so you can achieve the future you’ve been dreaming of.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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HAPPINESS TIP: CREATE BRIGHTER TOMORROWS BY MAKING BETTER CHOICES TODAY

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You are where you are today NOT because of your past circumstances. You are where you are today because of the choices you have made.

If you don’t like where you are today, make different choices. And keep changing things up until you start living the life you truly desire.

This is the only way to escape a past which might not have been as good as it could have been. So, take responsibility and work towards creating the future you truly want. And don’t delay. Start today.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS TIP: BE THE KIND OF PERSON PEOPLE WANT TO ASSOCIATE WITH

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Who we are is paramount. It matters so much more than what we do or communicate. The key to every successful relationship – whether romantic, family, work, or business related – is being the kind of person who first and foremost cares about others, seeks to understand, and genuinely wants to be helpful. If you do this, gaining trust and support from others and connecting with others is much easier.

So many pursue individual agendas and wonder why they have trouble connecting with others or building successful business (and other) relationships. You have to be the kind of person people want to associate with. They don’t care so much about what you do or what you want. They care about who you are. And if you are the kind of person they can trust, respect, and count on, then you will build the kind of relationships that last for years (if not decades). And these are the kind of relationships you want. Those that add happiness, comfort, and warmth to your life.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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HAPPINESS TIP: ADOPT THE ATTITUDE THAT EVERYONE WINS AND LIVE YOUR LIFE THAT WAY

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One of the significant sources of stress, negativity, and isolation/loneliness in life is associated with having a competitive nature and seeing everything as “win-lose” situations. But you can create wonderful, positive surroundings filled with love, warmth, hope, comfort, support, and joy by simply adopting the attitude and mentality that everybody has value and everybody wins and living your life accordingly.

So, try to get more in the practice of dropping the competitive “win-lose”, exclusive mentality in your day-to-day activities and adopt this loving, inclusive mentality and watch your world blossom with love, warmth, hope, comfort, and joy all around you. What a wonderful, beautiful world we could all share if we all did our part in this regard.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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HAPPINESS IS EASY

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Happiness is easy:

If you want love, then express love by being loving towards others.

If you want kindness, then be kind via your thoughts, words, and actions.

And if you want to be valued and respected, then value and respect others in your day to day thoughts, actions, and communications.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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HAPPINESS TIP: LOVE, MARVEL, AND LET GO

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Well, just what exactly are you looking for? Magic and mystery and music and magnificence dance and abound all around you every moment of every day. The sunshine smiles, the skies wander, nature sings, animals love, and the earth spins in rhythm with the heavens in perfect balance and harmony.

What more than this is needed to make one smile, sing, and dance with joy and boundless love, wonder, amazement, and appreciation? What more I ask? What more could you be looking for?

Life and living is here right here and right now. Simply love and marvel and let go and waltz with the never-ending warmth, beauty, and flow.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

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☆°▪︎ GONE WITH THE DAWN ▪︎°☆

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Reflection:  This poem is largely a reflection on an old romance. I wrote most of this poem by listening to the wonderful, haunting gem of a song “No End to Love” by Orlando Weeks which I played in the background at low volume to create the moodset and inspire the writing of the poem. So, if you listen to the song at low volume while reading this poem, you might better get the “feel” of it.

HAPPINESS TIP: CLEAR THE CLUTTER AND TAKE STEPS TO LIVE INCREASINGLY HAPPIER

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Frequently, when you life coach people, you come up with alternate approaches for improving oneself and living happier. This is because everybody is different.  Something that works well for one person doesn’t work as well for someone else (and vice versa). Recently,  I worked with someone and came up with an alternate approach to living increasingly happier instead of the technique I originally used. It works like this:

Ask yourself what aspects of your life tend to affect you in a strongly negative way – creating substantial unhappiness in your life. When doing this consider activities you engage in, the work you perform, your financial situation, the people in your life, the information and media content you tend to surround yourself with and expose yourself to, your living situation, the goals you are presently pursuing (and any new ones you are considering), that which consumes your life more than you would like, any new experiences you are considering, and any personal issues which repeatedly create substantial unhappiness or negativity for you such as recurring stress, depression, anxiety, guilt, anger, and temptations, addictions, and compulsions. Becoming mindful of these aspects is helpful because awareness is the first step to change.

Upon gaining this awareness, you would next ask yourself what steps you can take to address each of the aspects of your life which affect you in a strongly negative way. Potential ways to address these generally fall into two primary categories: (1) those which involve creating distance or limiting participation (to include perhaps even removing oneself completely where possible or feasible), and (2) those which involve taking steps to work through or making significant changes. For those which fall into the second category – which might include current life challenges, work, and recurring personal issues (stress, depression, anxiety, etc.) – you would consider actions you can take to address these such as reading books on the topic(s), getting professional assistance, going to a support group or workshop, talking with others who have gone through similar experiences, and investigating/employing various other potential resources and sources of support. 

Once you have sufficiently addressed the strongly negative aspects, you would next consider what aspects of your life inspire or affect you in a strongly positive way – creating substantial joy and happiness in your life. You would then ask yourself what you can do to move towards, or increase your participation in, these strongly positive aspects and start taking these steps.

Once you’ve addressed all of the strongly negative and strongly positive aspects of your life, you would then repeat the above process by considering and addressing the moderately negative and moderately positive aspects.

As you fill more of your life with the positive and less with the negative, you will clear the “clutter” from your life and become increasingly happier. Once you’ve made significant progress in these regards start over and repeat these steps. Some people like to perform this process on an annual basis, perhaps the week leading to New Year’s or the week leading to their birthday, while others prefer to do this more frequently. Just do what works for you or those you are offering assistance to. 

Every time you inventory your life in the above fashion and work towards improvement, you will move in a positive direction, your life will get better, and you will feel increasingly happier. So don’t delay. Start today.

Here’s the original technique I used in case some of you would prefer this approach. Both approaches work well for promoting happiness in life but some prefer the original approach while others prefer the alternate approach addressed here. Just experiment with each of these and do what works best for you (or others you are offering assistance to). 

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/ 

#selfimprovement #selfhelp #selfdevelopment #intention #fulfillment #success #inspiration #happiness #relationships